TY  - JOUR
AU  - Ćujić, Mirjana
AU  - Janković Mandić, Ljiljana
AU  - Petrović, Jelena M.
AU  - Dragović, Ranko M.
AU  - Đorđević, Milan
AU  - Đokić, Mrđan
AU  - Dragović, Snežana D.
PY  - 2021
UR  - https://vinar.vin.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/8903
AB  - As an inert radioactive gas, 222Rn could be easily transported to the atmosphere via emanation, migration, or exhalation. Research measurements pointed out that 222Rn activity concentration changes during the winter and summer months, as well as during wet and dry season periods. Changes in radon concentration can affect the atmospheric electric field. At the boundary layer near the ground, short-lived daughters of 222Rn can be used as natural tracers in the atmosphere. In this work, factors controlling 222Rn pathways in the environment and its levels in soil gas and outdoor air are summarized. 222Rn has a short half-life of 3.82 days, but the dose rate due to radon and its radioactive progeny could be significant to the living beings. Epidemiological studies on humans pointed out that up to 14% of lung cancers are induced by exposure to low and moderate concentrations of radon. Animals that breed in ground holes have been exposed to the higher doses due to radiation present in soil air. During the years, different dose-effect models are developed for risk assessment on human and non-human biota. In this work are reviewed research results of 222Rn exposure of human and non-human biota. © 2020, ISB.
T2  - International Journal of Biometeorology
T1  - Radon-222: environmental behavior and impact to (human and non-human) biota
VL  - 65
IS  - 1
SP  - 69
EP  - 83
DO  - 10.1007/s00484-020-01860-w
ER  - 

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author = "Ćujić, Mirjana and Janković Mandić, Ljiljana and Petrović, Jelena M. and Dragović, Ranko M. and Đorđević, Milan and Đokić, Mrđan and Dragović, Snežana D.",
year = "2021",
abstract = "As an inert radioactive gas, 222Rn could be easily transported to the atmosphere via emanation, migration, or exhalation. Research measurements pointed out that 222Rn activity concentration changes during the winter and summer months, as well as during wet and dry season periods. Changes in radon concentration can affect the atmospheric electric field. At the boundary layer near the ground, short-lived daughters of 222Rn can be used as natural tracers in the atmosphere. In this work, factors controlling 222Rn pathways in the environment and its levels in soil gas and outdoor air are summarized. 222Rn has a short half-life of 3.82 days, but the dose rate due to radon and its radioactive progeny could be significant to the living beings. Epidemiological studies on humans pointed out that up to 14% of lung cancers are induced by exposure to low and moderate concentrations of radon. Animals that breed in ground holes have been exposed to the higher doses due to radiation present in soil air. During the years, different dose-effect models are developed for risk assessment on human and non-human biota. In this work are reviewed research results of 222Rn exposure of human and non-human biota. © 2020, ISB.",
journal = "International Journal of Biometeorology",
title = "Radon-222: environmental behavior and impact to (human and non-human) biota",
volume = "65",
number = "1",
pages = "69-83",
doi = "10.1007/s00484-020-01860-w"
}

Ćujić, M., Janković Mandić, L., Petrović, J. M., Dragović, R. M., Đorđević, M., Đokić, M.,& Dragović, S. D.. (2021). Radon-222: environmental behavior and impact to (human and non-human) biota. in International Journal of Biometeorology, 65(1), 69-83.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-020-01860-w

Ćujić M, Janković Mandić L, Petrović JM, Dragović RM, Đorđević M, Đokić M, Dragović SD. Radon-222: environmental behavior and impact to (human and non-human) biota. in International Journal of Biometeorology. 2021;65(1):69-83.
doi:10.1007/s00484-020-01860-w .

Ćujić, Mirjana, Janković Mandić, Ljiljana, Petrović, Jelena M., Dragović, Ranko M., Đorđević, Milan, Đokić, Mrđan, Dragović, Snežana D., "Radon-222: environmental behavior and impact to (human and non-human) biota" in International Journal of Biometeorology, 65, no. 1 (2021):69-83,
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-020-01860-w . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Dragović, Snežana D.
AU  - Yamauchi, Masatoshi
AU  - Aoyama, Michio
AU  - Kajino, Mizuo
AU  - Petrović, Jelena M.
AU  - Ćujić, Mirjana
AU  - Dragović, Ranko M.
AU  - Đorđević, Milan
AU  - Bór, József
PY  - 2020
UR  - https://vinar.vin.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/9006
AB  - Radioactive materials released during the two most serious nuclear accidents in history, at Chernobyl and Fukushima, caused exceptionally significant contamination and perturbations of the environment. Among them, this paper focuses on the effects related to the atmospheric electricity (AE). Measurements of the most significant disturbances in the values of various AE parameters recorded near ground level are reviewed and the corresponding results are jointly evaluated. The Chernobyl and Fukushima events caused changes in the AE parameters both after long-distance transport (Chernobyl) and short-distance transport including re-suspension (Fukushima). The data indicates that the electrical conductivity of the air is more sensitive to the presence of airborne radioactivity than the atmospheric electric potential gradient (PG). PG, on the other hand, can be monitored more easily and its variation also reflects the vertical redistribution of radionuclides in the air due to their transport, deposition, and re-suspension from the ground. A brief overview of studies on atmospheric transport and deposition of radioactive clouds is given to facilitate the importance of considering the AE measurements in these subjects, and to incorporate those studies in interpreting the results of AE measurements. The AE measurements are particularly important in studying microphysical effects of enhanced radioactivity in the air where no other distance monitoring method exists, both for fair weather conditions wet conditions.
T2  - Science of the Total Environment
T1  - Synthesis of studies on significant atmospheric electrical effects of major nuclear accidents in Chernobyl and Fukushima
VL  - 733
SP  - 139271
DO  - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139271
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Dragović, Snežana D. and Yamauchi, Masatoshi and Aoyama, Michio and Kajino, Mizuo and Petrović, Jelena M. and Ćujić, Mirjana and Dragović, Ranko M. and Đorđević, Milan and Bór, József",
year = "2020",
abstract = "Radioactive materials released during the two most serious nuclear accidents in history, at Chernobyl and Fukushima, caused exceptionally significant contamination and perturbations of the environment. Among them, this paper focuses on the effects related to the atmospheric electricity (AE). Measurements of the most significant disturbances in the values of various AE parameters recorded near ground level are reviewed and the corresponding results are jointly evaluated. The Chernobyl and Fukushima events caused changes in the AE parameters both after long-distance transport (Chernobyl) and short-distance transport including re-suspension (Fukushima). The data indicates that the electrical conductivity of the air is more sensitive to the presence of airborne radioactivity than the atmospheric electric potential gradient (PG). PG, on the other hand, can be monitored more easily and its variation also reflects the vertical redistribution of radionuclides in the air due to their transport, deposition, and re-suspension from the ground. A brief overview of studies on atmospheric transport and deposition of radioactive clouds is given to facilitate the importance of considering the AE measurements in these subjects, and to incorporate those studies in interpreting the results of AE measurements. The AE measurements are particularly important in studying microphysical effects of enhanced radioactivity in the air where no other distance monitoring method exists, both for fair weather conditions wet conditions.",
journal = "Science of the Total Environment",
title = "Synthesis of studies on significant atmospheric electrical effects of major nuclear accidents in Chernobyl and Fukushima",
volume = "733",
pages = "139271",
doi = "10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139271"
}

Dragović, S. D., Yamauchi, M., Aoyama, M., Kajino, M., Petrović, J. M., Ćujić, M., Dragović, R. M., Đorđević, M.,& Bór, J.. (2020). Synthesis of studies on significant atmospheric electrical effects of major nuclear accidents in Chernobyl and Fukushima. in Science of the Total Environment, 733, 139271.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139271

Dragović SD, Yamauchi M, Aoyama M, Kajino M, Petrović JM, Ćujić M, Dragović RM, Đorđević M, Bór J. Synthesis of studies on significant atmospheric electrical effects of major nuclear accidents in Chernobyl and Fukushima. in Science of the Total Environment. 2020;733:139271.
doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139271 .

Dragović, Snežana D., Yamauchi, Masatoshi, Aoyama, Michio, Kajino, Mizuo, Petrović, Jelena M., Ćujić, Mirjana, Dragović, Ranko M., Đorđević, Milan, Bór, József, "Synthesis of studies on significant atmospheric electrical effects of major nuclear accidents in Chernobyl and Fukushima" in Science of the Total Environment, 733 (2020):139271,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139271 . .